Monday, 9 June 2025

Post No. 3,135 - events in the USA

“The most odious of all oppressions are those which mask as justice.”   
Robert H Jackson (1892 - 1954), United States Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials   
 

Events in the USA have escalated significantly. The blatant lies by the current US president, passive compliance of the US republicans, and ineptness of mainstream media (excluding MeidasTouch Network) and most US democrats (excluding the current Governor of California) - and other passive compliers - are par for the course, but the use of physical violence and obstruction to stop members of the US Congress doing their jobs is particularly concerning, as is the attempted normalisation of treason and the attempt to pervert the US military into being a personal paramilitary for the current US president as part of an attempted causation of a civil war by stochastic t_rr_r_sm.   The absolute thuggery and evil by these small-hearted, immoral, upstart, producerist  amathiacs is creating a very real sense of peril. 

 

Social media reported that the violence was being focused on by mainstream media - much of this was, according to social media, peaceful (and one post even reported that the LAPD has commended the protests for their peacefulness, while others point out the use of older footage, or bin fires caused by police munitions, and state this is NOTHING like the 1992 riots), and it was the escalation the current US president ordered that was violent and caused violence - which has been confirmed by:   

  • “All HELL BREAKS LOOSE after [the current US president] INVASION OF LA”   https://youtu.be/Rbyiw-wQrqc   which includes advice to stay peaceful to avoid falling into the current US president’s trap   - see also this , and read this      

Also: 

 

I also want to remind everyone that nationalisation of the US National Guard has happened previously: 

The 1970 Kent State University shootings (4 dead, 9 wounded) of anti-Việt Nam War protestors:   

Also, in 1957 (note that the National Guard were used on both sides): 

“President Dwight D. Eisenhower federalised the entire Arkansas National Guard to ensure the safe entry of the Little Rock Nine to Little Rock Central High School the following day. Governor Orval Faubus had previously used members of the guard to deny the students entry to the school”   (from   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Guard_(United_States)&oldid=1294634570#Domestic_affairs)       

See also https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-national-guard-protests-watts-riots-ce79302269291672444e34ab8ab4563a   


On current events in the USA: 

The following occurred later in the week, but is gravely concerning - security thugs thinking they can stop the operation of the US government: 

In a similar vein:   an LA Congresswoman has been illegally prevented from entering an ICE facility;      an LAPD officer has shot a lawyer at very close range with “less lethal” munitions for asking a question;       

 

  • “Sanders warns of authoritarianism after [the current US president] deploys national guard to LA”   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/bernie-sanders-warns-of-authoritarianism   “Senator says the future of the US ‘rests with a small number of Republicans in the House and Senate who know better’”       “My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles | Sen. Bernie Sanders”   https://youtu.be/Al7wpZL-QCI   “[the current US president]’s deployment of the National Guard in California is not about the protests.   It is about expanding his never-ending grasp for more power. It is about moving this country toward authoritarianism.   All Americans must stand together against this gross abuse of power.”      
  • An assessment that at least part of the over-reaction, and possibly most of it, is to distract attention from the devastating, democracy-destroying budgetary bill currently making its way through the US Congress.       
  • “[the current US president] Just Declared WAR On Blue States”   https://youtu.be/e5MnjiScASA   “[the current US President] deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles and Pete Hegseth (the current US Secretary of Defence) is saying they may send in the marines”   This is along the lines of an important “we told you so” - important because it is vitally necessary that such warnings be heeded from here on - and that the mostly completely & utterly useless US Democrats grow a spine       
  • “THIS IS NOT A DRILL: Mary Trump's BRUTAL TRUTH on [the current US president]’s Attack on America”   https://youtu.be/_2urDwnKbMg       
  • “[the current US president’s] LA protest response risks turning US military into political force, veterans warn”   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/veterans-trump-national-guard-la-protests   “[the current US president]’s move in the absence of a genuine civil emergency has sent alarm through military circles, which have long prided themselves on being above politics.   ...   [the current US president]’s memo federalising the national guard for deployment in LA is written in sweeping terms   ...   Most troublingly, the memo also acts pre-emptively – an action never seen before in the US – authorising the military to be deployed against anticipated protests”      

 

News links: 

  • “Protests over immigration raids pop up across the US with more planned”   https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protests-arrests-austin-aa726c826047f8d7eb4091acc8929b8e   “While ⇒ many demonstrations against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency have been peaceful, with marchers chanting slogans and carrying signs, others have led to clashes with police, hundreds of arrests, and the use of chemical irritants to disperse crowds.   ...   Protest locations include Seattle, New York City, San Antonio, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago, Denver, and Spokane”       
  • “Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’”   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/los-angeles-national-guard-troops-marines-morale   “Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was unnecessary”      “Trump puts Marines in impossible situation with inappropriate deployment to Los Angeles”   https://youtu.be/Z1CKEQruVv0      
    ⇒ They are NOT helpless pawns - they have been taught to disregard illegal orders, and some are already registering as conscientious objectors. And they are liable for excessive force, brutality, etc - including the TREASON of breaking their oaths       

 

The current US president is encouraging US troops to violate their oath   ...   but   “Armed Forces Judge Advocate Stand Between Law and Anarchy—Will they Stand Firm?”   
⇒ This point has been discussed on several media platforms and social media: military people are taught to NOT obey illegal orders (obeying [illegal] orders is NOT a defence), and many veterans are angry at what s happening ...      

Also,   Mexico’s President has criticised the US government over its immigration raids and the deployment of the National Guard, and called for restraint;       a reporter was shot with a police-fired rubber bullet;      the University of South California’s Immigration Clinic co-director has criticised an ‘oversize response from US federal government’;      “As protests against ICE raids spread across the city, [the current US president] has deployed the California National Guard to Los Angeles, the first time in decades that a president has deployed the National Guard without a governor’s request. ... “This is absolutely unprecedented. It’s extremely dangerous,” says legal expert Elizabeth Goitein. “It’s going to escalate tensions rather than de-escalating them.””      the current US president’s past words are contradicting his current rhetoric (which includes hypocritically calling for masked protestors to be arrested by not masked alleged ICE employees), and possibly incriminating him, and senior Republican leaders are “losing all control on air while tying to defend [the current US president] going to war with Los Angeles”;      LA continued to be predominantly calm;      the City of Glendale has ended its agreement with ICE to detain immigration detainees, citing core community values;      legal  actions but the deployment has been allowed;      angry celebrity responses;      in response to looting, a curfew was imposed in LA;      small  cracks in the Republican group;      more heavy handed threats from the current US president - which were walked back by the White House spokes-git;      alleged ICE employees are being investigated by LA police for a hit and run;      concerns that some US citizens have already been deported after being denied due process - and concerns about the out-of-touch rhetoric from the current deputy cheif of staff;      alleged immigration employees are intensifying arrests in courthouse hallways;      
⇒ a court has declared the use of troops illegal, but an appeal court will allow it to continue until the appeal is heard.      

 

Other commentary: 

  • “‘This isn’t an isolated incident’: Trump’s show of military force in LA was years in the making”   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/trump-military-force-plotting   “The president had been waiting for this made-for-TV clash that allows the administration to ‘manufacture’ a crisis   ...   “They’re doing this because they need to make a show of force, and because people are resisting and people are pushing back,” Mehta said. “People are outraged, and they’re very angry about the way that their civil rights are being stripped away, and the aggressiveness with which [alleged immigration employees] are responding to members of our community.””      - see also   “Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it”   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/11/trump-war-on-harvard   “A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort”      

See also this assessment by ACLED (complete with maps and data).   



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